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A ‘B’ line to the cliff

A deal is close, but the GOP keeps shifting.

Don’t forget Newtown

The gun lobby is betting Americans won’t stand up to them.

One nation, under guns

Why does America have so many?

Hagel vs. the neocons

A potential defense secretary gets blindsided.

A 2nd Amendment, with limits

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  • A 2nd Amendment, with limits

    A 2nd Amendment, with limits

    A sensible middle ground on gun control.

    Charles E. Schumer

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  • Rice: Why I made the right call

    Rice: Why I made the right call

    The UN ambassador explains her decision.

    Susan Rice

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  • Ralph Nader’s ‘cliff’ fix

    Ralph Nader’s ‘cliff’ fix

    Ralph Nader on how to avoid the fiscal cliff.

    Ralph Nader

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  • Gay marriage’s unlikely backers

    Gay marriage’s unlikely backers

    Republicans helped several ballot measures pass.

    Walter Olson

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The Plum Line

James Hormel: I question the sincerity of Chuck Hagel's apology

Greg Sargent

An anti-gay quote from 1998 threatens to derail Chuck Hagel's nomination.

Don't worry too much about John Kerry's Senate seat

Jonathan Bernstein

The NRA resorts to its usual tricks: Obfuscation and distraction.

Greg Sargent

John Boehner tries to save face

Jamelle Bouie

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RT @nydailynews: Newtown residents blast NRA: 'They are without conscience and they are cruel' http://t.co/HVwPdOUd — Joan Walsh

joanwalsh

RT @aseitzwald: Why the NRA’s gun plan won’t work. (Featuring science and history) http://t.co/fXvzYbjI via @Salon — Joan Walsh

AriMelber

Polk County Precinct Captains John Norris Cook Out? / RT @ASDem .@AriMelber better work in an Iowa story into this Kerry segment. — Ari Melber

markos

#FF to @ddayen, because he better not stay away. — Markos Moulitsas

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Chris Christie: For armed guards in schools to work, you'd need one in pretty much every classroom: http://t.co/yxcNMQ6H — Greg Sargent

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Uh oh, Chris Christie is gonna get disembowled by right again. Says armed guards won't make schools safer: http://t.co/yxcNMQ6H — Greg Sargent

CapehartJ

ENCORE: The @NRA’s insulting response to #Newtown http://t.co/zFB8b1HK — Jonathan Capehart

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HAPPYHOUR: Friday's p-Op quiz: 'Newtown' edition. http://t.co/Jj12bRfd #p2 #gop #tcot — Jonathan Capehart

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LAPD, DEA Find Themselves on Opposite Sides of Thin Blue Line http://t.co/wYn0Y8nJ — reason

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What If Robert Bork Had Joined the Supreme Court? http://t.co/UCnflE5C — reason

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Laundry day #reasonsobamaislate — Peter Suderman

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